Spectral moment analysis of affricates produced by Mandarin-speaking pre-adolescents with repaired cleft palate

摘要

Objective: To explore the spectral differences in frication noise between aspirated and unaspirated affricates in typical Putonghua (standard Mandarin Chinese) pre-adolescent speakers, and to compare the spectral characteristics of affricate production between speakers with repaired cleft palate and their non-cleft peers.